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Bear

Years ago

NBL need to find middle ground on refs

The point should be made perhaps that the rules are unchanged, it is the interpretation of the rules which is so subjective that without common sense applied can frustrate the hell out of players and fans alike...

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proud

Years ago

I'm just glad that they are getting more experience into the younger refs... Once they can feel comfortable with how they are calling then the NBL will be all the better for it... I'm not expecting this to still be prevelent come end of November...

But Mika may still be whinging if the Breakers have lost more games by then than they did all of last season (3 wasn't it)

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Wookiee

Years ago

I think he's having a bit of a sook, to be honest... But it could just be the "oh the ANBL is against us Kiwis" spin that is so often put into their media...

Boti made a good point in one of his articles that Mal and the refs need a bit of a learning curve and time to adjust just like the players and coaches... It's not going to be 100% perfect from Day 1, but they're working hard to get it right as soon as they can...

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Nathan of Perth

Years ago

They're suggesting that Vukona is *the* reason for the rule changes?

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Camel 31

Years ago

While only yesterday I watched NZ play Aus netball and D.Corletto lacks credibility.

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Mystro

Years ago

I agree to disagree

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MACDUB

Years ago

Ageee with paul

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Mystro

Years ago

I agree with Paul, the audience (NZ public) love to play the under dog card and love to cry conspiracy when things don't go our way and lately a few journalists have been trying hard to feed off it.

A lot of fans have also just jumped on the bandwagon during the Championship run so as a result they have only ever seen the super physical play and how their team was successful playing that style so as Isaac said they feel their team has a lot to lose when in reality they are a very talented team more than capable of flourishing under the actual rules of the game.

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Mystro

Years ago

the NZ media are producing some rubbish at the moment.

A bunch of opinion based pieces that are poorly informed and basically trying to fool the average NZ sports fan into believing that their beloved Breakers are getting the raw deal by the Aussie's with these new rule interpretations.

They just get a :facepalm: from me

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Bear

Years ago

With some common sense and time for everyone to adjust to this new style we are seeing emerge, I am sure the middle ground will work out just fine.

The comment about the game starting to look like rugby was quite amusing coming from a Kiwi, but nonetheless it did at times resemble the WWE, especially in the paint (lots of acting)...

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Bear

Years ago

I love the way he plays, but is this a bit of a sook or a plan to try to get into the heads of the ref's?

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